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Vocab 5 Practice

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Often when I ask the teacher a question, she has an inscrutable look on her face like I don’t make any sense.

a)

impossible to understand

b)

impossible to avoid

c)

impossible to believe

d)

impossible to defend

2.

New neighbors have moved in, and I’ve become inquisitive about them, so I watch them all the time.

a)

angry

b)

intrigued

c)

eager for knowledge

d)

smart

3.

My car was making a funny sound, and the mechanic said it would cost $500 to ______ this problem.

a)

conjecture

b)

rectify

c)

replenish

d)

revitalize

4.

Never complacent, Raven worked to raise all her grades, despite her feeling of defeat.

a)

lethargic

b)

self-satisfied

c)

lazy

d)

hardworking

5.

If the waitstaff is not resilient, it is easy to lose patience with constantly frustrated customers.

a)

able to understand

b)

hardworking

c)

able to recover

d)

patient

6.

Adults have a _____ to give advice to future college students, even though they didn't ask.

a)

redundant

b)

insatiable

c)

pertinent

d)

propensity

7.

Students often don’t know how to take notes, so teachers give them templates to fill out.

a)

notes

b)

worksheets

c)

models

d)

answers

8.

Many celebrities say disparaging comments about other celebrities, just so they have something to do.

a)

evil

b)

belittling

c)

mean

d)

illegal

9.

Many students realize they need to research and thoroughly make a ______ decision about their futures.

a)

judicious

b)

reprehensible

c)

conjecture

d)

good

10.

The vague directions on the SAT simply told me to bubble in the right answer--nothing more!

a)

concise

b)

short

c)

unclear

d)

wrong

11.

Often, police officers meet reprehensible people, but they still have to ensure their rights are being given.

a)

dishonorable

b)

illegal

c)

ignorant

d)

shameful

12.

Teachers give advice to students, hoping something will ______ later in life.

a)

resonate

b)

extricate

c)

recriminate

d)

replenish

13.

The group struggled to decide what movie to go see because everyone was indifferent on the choices.

a)

lacking energy

b)

lacking motivation

c)

uninformed

d)

uninterested

14.

I have reverence for all the actors on Stranger Things: I would bow to them if I ever met them.

a)

jealousy

b)

curiosity

c)

posters

d)

deep respect

15.

The students thought a test on table manners was ________, since they did not plan on ever eating properly.

a)

regressive

b)

indifferent

c)

futile

d)

mundane

16.

Because of the increase in concussion awareness, the NFL has created a new paradigm for head safety.

a)

philosophy

b)

typical rule

c)

understanding

d)

typical pattern

17.

Cave paintings are so abstract that we don’t know who painted them, what the pictures are of, or what they could possibly mean.

a)

understood

b)

not concrete

c)

specific

d)

artistic

18.

Because the students couldn't stop talking to their neighbors, it was ______ that the teacher would change the seating chart.

a)

inevitable

b)

inscrutable

c)

devious

d)

mundane